New Zealand’s ‘Largest’ Chinese Media Firm Goes Bust, Again

Best News Entertainment runs three radio stations, a news outlet and TV stations.
New Zealand’s ‘Largest’ Chinese Media Firm Goes Bust, Again
People walking through the Lantern Festival in Albert Park in Auckland, New Zealand on Feb. 27, 2015. Phil Walter/Getty Images
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The New Zealand operator of three Chinese-language radio stations and an online news site—which it claimed made it the largest foreign-language outlet in the country—has been put into receivership by its largest shareholder, Fu-nu Tsai.

Best News Entertainment operates three stations, Chinese Voice, Love FM, and AM936, as well as a digital news outlet called NZ936, plus a free-to-air TV channel, TV32, which broadcasts original programming, news, and state programming from Taiwan, Hong Kong, and China.

Rex Widerstrom
Rex Widerstrom
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Rex Widerstrom is a New Zealand-based reporter with over 40 years of experience in media, including radio and print. He is currently a presenter for Hutt Radio.